Vinblastine 1 mg/ml intravenous solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$3.49
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$16.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$3.68 with Hill Physicians vs $16.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $3.68 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4.64 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4.65 | ↑ +33% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.14 | ↑ +47% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $5.44 | ↑ +56% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.65 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.45 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.56 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7.97 | ↑ +128% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.97 | ↑ +128% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8.64 | ↑ +148% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.66 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.59 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10.59 | ↑ +203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10.59 | ↑ +203% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $11.52 | ↑ +230% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11.52 | ↑ +230% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.92 | ↑ +242% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.92 | ↑ +242% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $11.96 | ↑ +243% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12.64 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.40 | ↑ +313% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.94 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.00 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16.00 | ↑ +358% |
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Vinblastine 1 mg/ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $52.56 | $3.06 – $8.84 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $133.58 | $5.29 – $5.29 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $124.04 | $5.29 – $5.29 |